Category: CD Reviews
Noise 101: CD reviews for April 4
Justin Timerlake The 20/20 Experience RCA Score: A Justin Timberlake has evolved from boy band sensation to movie star to hit artist, and every time he puts out new work, he defies expectations....
Noise 101: CD reviews for March 21
Foxygen We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic JAGJAGUWAR Score: A+ Enter into sweet psychedelia with Foxygen’s second album. It’s like Sam France, half of Foxygen, materialized through a time-space...
Noise 101: CD reviews for March 7
Dido Girl Who Got Away Sony Score: C Dido has been a nice female face on the boring side of her equivalent of the dad rock genre for some time now. While her...
Noise 101: CD reviews for Feb. 14
Two Hours Traffic Foolish Blood Bumsteed Records Score: B Big changes have been going on with Two Hours Traffic since they dropped Territory back in 2009. They dropped guitarist Alec O’Hanley for former...
Noise 101: CD reviews for Jan. 31
Boats A Fairway Full of Miners Majestic Triumph Score: B+ Boats’ third album, A Fairway Full of Miners, is sure to inspire emotions of gleeful yet sombre oddness. Mat Klachefsky’s unusually high-pitched voice...
Noise 101: CD reviews for Jan. 17
WHY? Mumps, Etc. Anticon Score: A- It took a long time for Mumps, Etc. to make that final jump from post-production to the public. The album, the fourth from alternative hip hop band...
Noise 101: CD reviews for Jan. 7
Alcoves Alcoves Self-released It’s a rare gem when inert anxiety can be evinced as a tangible tool for contemplating the source of that very anxiety. Mackenzie Keefe’s first self-titled release under the moniker...
Noise 101: CD reviews for Nov. 29
The Avett Brothers The Carpenter Ramseur Records The Carpenter, the seventh studio album by The Avett Brothers, is a lesson of how a band can evolve to appeal to the masses but still...
Noise 101 – CD reviews for Nov. 15
The Killers Battle Born Vertigo Record Following Day and Age, and on the heels of Brandon Flower’s solo work Flamingo, comes Battle Born: an underwhelming album. It’s extremely derivative to say the least....